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Date Sept. 21 Sept. 18 Sept. 17 Sept. 16 Sept. 15 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1680/1705 1740/1770 1680/1710 1660/1690 1…

52-week Date Sept. 21 Sept. 18 Sept. 17 Sept. 16 Sept. 15 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1265.00 1281.80 1272.70 1284.54 1269.35 1578.66 678.62 TSX Composite 11424.61 11445.95 11528.23 11555.60 11495.83…

Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/09 (with changes from Aug. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Aug. 31/09 (with changes from Aug. 15/09).

*as of June 30/09

as of 9 a. m. ET. Sept 22, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Sept. 21 Sept. 18 Sept. 17 Sept. 16 Sept. 15 US$ in C$ 1.0777 1.0724 1.0613 1.0663 1.0763 C$ in US$ 0.9297 0.9325 0.9422 0.937…

Note: Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 cmltv prf stk payable Oct. 1, record close Sept 11. Hecla deferred Oct. 1…

Australia (A$) Sept. 22 Sept. 8 Change Aquila Resources 7.56 6.96 0.6 Bendigo Mining 0.26 0.27 -0.01 Centennial Coal 3.28 3.26 0.02 Fortescue Res 4.24 4.25 -0.01 Iluk…

Detour Gold (DGC-T, DRGDF-O) has finished a prefeasibility study for its Detour Lake gold project in northeastern Ontario, outlining a plan to build a 45,000-tonne-per- year open-pit mine that would p…

As North American Tungsten (NTC-V) gets ready to put its Cantung tungsten mine in the Northwest Territories on care and maintenance, the company had some good news about the mine life.

Eagle Hill Exploration (EAG-V, EHECF-O) will soon have the funds it needs to shore up its recent acquisition of Noront Resources’ (NOT-V, NOSOF-O) Windfall Lake gold project in Quebec’s Chibougamau mi…